Understanding SBP Payments to an Incapacitated Child One feature of the military's Survivor Benefit Plan is the ability to assign benefits to a child, including an incapacitated...
New Law Helps Military Survivors Pay for Retirement, Education For those grieving a loss, the law opens a new realm of possibilities for their future financial security.
Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance Surviving spouses, whose SBP annuity has been offset by DIC may be eligible for a Special Allowance to make up for it.
SBP: The Biggest Decision of Your MilSpouse Life Military spouses, one of the biggest decisions at retirement rests squarely on your shoulders: whether to elect Survivor...
5 Reasons To Be Impressed By The Survivor Benefit Plan The SBP gets me fired up because of its value in protecting military families financially. It protects the loved ones of...
SBP Child Coverage Cost and Benefits SBP gives income protection not only to your spouse, but also to your children until they become self-supporting.
Here's How Much Extra Pay Military Retirees Are Likely to Get with the COLA Increase The increase also covers disability payments and survivor benefits.
Pentagon Lifts Onerous Proof Requirements for Student Military Survivor Benefits Students at institutes of higher learning can now self-certify their enrollment.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
